Essays about: "propensity score"

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  1. 1. The Effects of Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance on Employment Outcomes : Evidence from new micro level administrative data at Statistics Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Molly Bernhardsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Social assistance; Unemployment insurance; Employment outcomes; Propensity score matching; Kaplan-Meier estimator;

    Abstract : In this study, I examine the employment effects on average earnings and duration to work during a 45 month period, after receiving social assistance (SA) in October 2019, compared to receiving unemployment insurance (UI) the same month. A distinction is made between two treatment groups; receiving SA in addition to UI (treatment I) and receiving SA (treatment II). READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effects of Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance on Employment Outcomes : Evidence from new micro level administrative data at Statistics Sweden between 2019-2023

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Molly Bernhardsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Social assistance; Unemployment insurance; Employment outcomes; Propensity score matching; Kaplan-Meier estimator;

    Abstract : In this study, I examine the employment effects on average earnings and duration to work during a 45 month period, after receiving social assistance (SA) in October 2019, compared to receiving unemployment insurance (UI) the same month. A distinction is made between two treatment groups; receiving SA in addition to UI (treatment I) and receiving SA (treatment II). READ MORE

  4. 3. Can an intervention increase access to higher education for disadvantaged students? : Quasi-experimental evidence from Peru

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Gloria Fatima Canales Carballido; [2023]
    Keywords : higher education; access; disadvantaged students; scholarship; Propensity Score Matching; impact evaluation; quasi-experiment;

    Abstract : Heterogeneity in the school education quality plays an important role for those who want to pursue a bachelor's degree in Peru since access to higher education is highly correlated with socioeconomic status. In that sense, an intervention for disadvantaged students took place for the first time in 2022 and was constrained to the assessment of a scholarship called “Beca 18”, the biggest scholarship that the public institution called PRONABEC addresses every year since 2012. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Effect of Leveraged Buyouts on Employment Growth and Productivity - Evidence From European LBOs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hidar Shaba; Teo Siterius; [2023]
    Keywords : Employment growth; Labour Productivity; LBO; Private Equity; Buyouts; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the post-buyout effect on employment growth in LBOs relative to targets that were not subject to an LBO. Additionally, the study aims to provide an up-to-date insight into the impact of employment productivity post-buyout of the LBOs relative to non-LBOs, as the climate of buyouts have changed since its inception. READ MORE

  6. 5. Beyond the Surface: An Empirical Analysis of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Zambia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jannis Köhler; [2023]
    Keywords : Multidimensional Child Poverty; Determinants; Rural-to-Urban Migration; Zambia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Zambia has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, child poverty remains an understudied area and the determinants thereof are not well understood. READ MORE